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FAU is a tournament lock.

I would like to see the data on the 65% number.

You do realize that Woodson blamed the early play on number of new players in the system. You can have an NCAA level team that doesn’t make it because they bury themselves in non conference play.

The whole 5-6 decent is left up to interpretation. Not really a bet that can be made.

The old RPI system has them at 58. The truth is somewhere in between NET and RPI.

Why is it such a secret whether Leal and Galloway are going through senior ceremonies? If they are, would be nice to know so fans could show appreciation during the game.

FWIW, I hope I am 100% wrong about what would happen to the program next season if Woodson returns. Always rather win and be wrong the lose and be right. Don't think I am wrong, but nobody every thinks they are wrong in their own opinion.

A large part of the IU fan base believes that he will further damage the program by staying another year. IMO, Ngw does not view this as a significant enough risk to make the move. This is not an assessment I would believe he shares with most posters on here. And it's not because we are just clubbing together. It's because we ARE concerned about where he takes the program. I know that he's said you don't 'make a change just to make a change'......but I don't think that he believes that for most of us that is not what we are looking to do. You can't simply ignore the trajectory the program has taken under his watch.

Then why are you putting out hypotheticals and assuming that it is more valid than those who want Woodson fired?

I didn't say if Woody pulls it off, why wouldn't you run it back. I said that if you can't use the logic of bringing him back after a failed year since it's possible that he could succeed against the odds as a reason to bring him back. If you could, then bringing him back after a second failed year is on the table since he could succeed against the odds even after two failed years. And total meltdown and pulling it off aren't the only options. Lots of in between. Moves should be made based on the belief of the risk and reward. I don't believe the risk is worth the reward, you do. I think your assessment is flawed.

It's not that it's a bad idea just that by every indication Jay Wright has no desire to coach again.

If he were to do that, though, why would anyone transfer from the portal if they had more than a year of eligibility left? Also kills recruiting for the next guy IMO

And also a real scenario where you trade 1 more year and miss out on the guy you could have had. Hypotheticals don't mean much to me.

Yeah, I've been in the thread during the back and forth and haven't seen anything that was posted and then removed. The conversation was certain a whole lot tamer here than in other threads.

Trilly adjusts sources when he feels it becomes necessary. He flat out said last year that he was not going to post any Louisville material for the rest of the year because it was all unreliable.

Taking a momentary break from the thread to watch a murder in real time. Creighton up 27-5 at Villanova.

I believe so. I think he every intention of either moving on and playing closer to home or trying his luck at playing professionally somewhere. I really think NIL helped change his direction -- was going to make more at Indiana than closer to home and than he would have made in Minnesota. Plus I do think he liked playing at Indiana and was close to TJD and Kopp.

It's not really a weights issue. He is strong. He's slow and at least at this point not savvy enough to make up for it.

What I don't get is Woodson saying that 'he didn't know if Trey and Anthony would be going through senior day ceremonies, he hadn't sat down with them yet'. How can a head coach not have had those conversations yet? Yes, things can change, but having a gauge on who might/might not come back should have a huge effect on recruiting.

Your hypothetical is full of assumptions. If we are going with your hypothetical, why even fire Woodson after next year if he fails? Heck, if IU fails next year, why not just give Woodson another year beause maybe he does it against the odds the following year? Maybe you hire Dusty and he has immediate results. You are continuing with the 'it's the fans and media' fault with the whole 'fans and media start turning'. If you think the fans and media are going to be brutal next year if the new guy doesn't start winning, exactly what do you think will happen after another year of failure and then a new coach not having immediate results? In terms of 'who are we getting', the answer is currently we are getting another year of a guy who has shown zero interest in changing, zero interest in doing the hard work in recruiting, and zero interest in engaging with the fans and media. I -- nor you -- are privy to know who IU could get now. But unlike you, I have zero faith in that seat being more attractive a year from now if Woodson fails. You seem worried about the unknown. I am worried about the known.

Low attempts at 35% isn't good -- 35% low volume means most of those are good looks. I agree that he is just a freshman and will get better and he shouldn't be playing the minutes he is but the reason he is was because of lack of options. X makes the team better but even with a healthy X the team had an opening for another guard option that wasn't used. We knew X was going to be an injury risk, we knew that Newton was an injury risk and was just a freshman to boot. That was an issue with the roster construction. It's very strange that our starting 3-4-5 has made more threes and at a higher percentage than our five guards of Galloway, X, Cupps, Gunn, and Leal. Galloway regressing from last year was probably to be expected but not to the degree that it's happened. It is hard to win in the college game when you have guards with both volume AND efficiency behind the arc. A lot of that could have been cured by just another spot up shooter.

Not as gospel but more accurate than anyone who is posting with an actual name. There is a reason that a ghost is more accurate than them -- ghosts don't have to worry about burning bridges.

I'm not a rapper.

It was Quinn Buckner and Mike Woodson with the candlestick in the conservatory. Anyway, if its 13000 posts of the same stuff, just read one. Why would you need a synopsis?

Trilly had said the Trey rumors weren't true a couple of weeks ago but later made some general statements about IU players that didn't seem to be as definitive. Whoever Trilly is, he isn't changing his mind -- he is going with the most up to date information he's been given. I'd much rather that occur than just sticking with a statement despite conflicting info coming out.